With improvements in response rate and survival seen for HER2 positive patients treated with HER2 blockade in the metastatic setting, the use of HER2 blockade in the neoadjuvant setting to increase antitumor effect shows promise. Patients with previously untreated localized HER2 positive esophageal, GE junction and gastric adenocarcinomas will be enrolled. Patients meeting all inclusion/exclusion criteria will receive neoadjuvant treatment with concurrent chemotherapy and radiation therapy beginning on day 1 of treatment. During the lead-in safety portion, the optimal dose of lapatinib will be determined.
This is an open-label, non-randomized, Phase II study with a lead-in safety cohort. The study will evaluate the combination of 5-Fluorouracil, Oxaliplatin and Lapatinib with radiation therapy as neoadjuvant treatment for patients with previously untreated localized HER2 positive esophagogastric adenocarcinomas. Approximately 12 patients will be enrolled in the lead-in cohort to evaluate the safety of the combination. Following the lead-in cohort, Phase II will commence and up to 30 additional patients may be treated. The starting doses will be administered as follows: 5-FU 225 mg/mg2 continuous intravenous (IV) infusion Days 1 - 42 during XRT; Oxaliplatin 85 mg/m2 Days 1, 15 and 29, given by IV infusion, per institutional standard; Lapatinib Continuous PO daily dosing during XRT (final dose determined during lead-in cohort).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
12
5-FU, 225 mg/m2 IVCI, during XRT.
Oxaliplatin, 85 mg/m2 IV, Days 1, 15, 29.
Lapatinib, Continuous PO daily dosing during XRT, dose determined during lead in portion
Radiation therapy, 50.4 Gy (1.8 Gy/day or 28 fractions) M-F, Weeks1-6
Florida Cancer Specialists - South
Fort Myers, Florida, United States
Florida Hospital Cancer Institute
Orlando, Florida, United States
Woodlands Medical Specialists
Pensacola, Florida, United States
Florida Cancer Specialists-North
St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
Northeast Georgia Medical Center
Gainesville, Georgia, United States
Grand Rapids Oncology Program
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Oncology Hematology Care
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Chattanooga Oncology and Hematology Associates
Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Tennessee Oncology
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Pathologic Complete Response Rate (pCR Rate)
Defined as the absence of invasive tumor in esophagogastric and lymph node tissue removed at time of surgery, as judged by the local pathologist. An improvement in pCR rate from 30 percent (historical) to 50 percent is the primary efficacy endpoint.
Time frame: 18 months
Safety and Optimal Dose of Regimen
An additional primary objective is to evaluate the safety and optimal dose of lapatinib when added to 5-FU, oxaliplatin and radiation therapy.
Time frame: 18 months
Progression Free Survival (PFS)
The Percentage of Patients Who Experience an Objective Benefit From Treatment. Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0) for target lesions and assessed by MRI or CT: Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), \>=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; Overall Response (OR) = CR + PR.
Time frame: 18 months
Toxicity Profile for Treated Patients
Defined as the frequency of adverse events for patients who received at least one dose of study treatment, and assessed using National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE) v4.0.
Time frame: 18 months
Time to Progression (TTP)
Time to progression is defined as the time between day 1 cycle 1 and time to first documented disease progression. Disease progression is defined using Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0), as a 20% increase in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions, or a measurable increase in a non-target lesion, or the appearance of new lesions.
Time frame: 18 months
Overall Survival (OS)
The Length of Time, in Months, That Patients Were Alive From Their First Date of Protocol Treatment Until Death
Time frame: 18 months
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